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Ready as it gets
Jan. 13th, 2009 10:30 pmBeamed, threaded, sleyed, tied, headed, and checked. Warp ready. Tools to be packed in the morning, as I don't have to be there until 9:30.
Last night's "deadly blizzard" was a dud. In fact, there was no snow after about 10 pm, instead of the howling whiteout that we were told to expect. A second identical prediction for today, to have started at rush hour and extended through the night, was gradually scaled back to a "weather advisory." Now they say possibly one to two inches of snow after 2 am. I'd laugh if they got that wrong and the blizzard finally hit. Bitter cold we are getting. The bottom has fallen out of the thermometer, and it will get worse. By Thursday the daytime high is to be below zero (F.) which will supposedly be the first time that has happened since 1996.Glad I'm off work for the rest of the week, but I still have to go to class so it's not much different.
Gary started back to school this week to refresh his GIS knowledge. He taught classes on computerized mapping about twelve years ago, but that's long out of date. I hope he doesn't have car or weather trouble driving to and from Dekalb.
In spite of the snowstorm failure, we're on track for another record winter. The normal snow season here (entire winter from November through the end of February) is between 36 and 37 inches. We've already passed 37 inches, and usually by this date we've only had 40% of our total snowfall. Yeek! If that follows through, we're in for another 56 inches or so, for a total of 90+. Last year we had about 62 inches total which was a new all time record for this area. Of course if we start building ski resorts then the weather will shift back the other way. ;p
Some interesting bird activity. We've had song sparrows and tree sparrows hanging around the library feeders. We don't usually see them at this time of year. We've also had a female grosbeak at our feeder here at home, which is really weird. Somehow she must have missed the cue to migrate south. I think I last saw her right after Christmas, though, so maybe she finally got the message... or froze to death.
OK, off to bed to unwarp myself, now that the loom is ready.
Last night's "deadly blizzard" was a dud. In fact, there was no snow after about 10 pm, instead of the howling whiteout that we were told to expect. A second identical prediction for today, to have started at rush hour and extended through the night, was gradually scaled back to a "weather advisory." Now they say possibly one to two inches of snow after 2 am. I'd laugh if they got that wrong and the blizzard finally hit. Bitter cold we are getting. The bottom has fallen out of the thermometer, and it will get worse. By Thursday the daytime high is to be below zero (F.) which will supposedly be the first time that has happened since 1996.Glad I'm off work for the rest of the week, but I still have to go to class so it's not much different.
Gary started back to school this week to refresh his GIS knowledge. He taught classes on computerized mapping about twelve years ago, but that's long out of date. I hope he doesn't have car or weather trouble driving to and from Dekalb.
In spite of the snowstorm failure, we're on track for another record winter. The normal snow season here (entire winter from November through the end of February) is between 36 and 37 inches. We've already passed 37 inches, and usually by this date we've only had 40% of our total snowfall. Yeek! If that follows through, we're in for another 56 inches or so, for a total of 90+. Last year we had about 62 inches total which was a new all time record for this area. Of course if we start building ski resorts then the weather will shift back the other way. ;p
Some interesting bird activity. We've had song sparrows and tree sparrows hanging around the library feeders. We don't usually see them at this time of year. We've also had a female grosbeak at our feeder here at home, which is really weird. Somehow she must have missed the cue to migrate south. I think I last saw her right after Christmas, though, so maybe she finally got the message... or froze to death.
OK, off to bed to unwarp myself, now that the loom is ready.
